Apollo’s voyage to the moon impacted the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget because the trip was so expensive. Scientists talked about their plans to further missions to the moon and eventually Mars. The reason for human exploration of the solar system was because of the Apollo missions. President John F. Kennedy once said, “land a man on the Moon by 1970 and return him safely to Earth”(Mendell, pg 24). Apollo indeed accomplished this goal, because of the desire for human exploration in space. Wendell Mendell was intrigued by lunar science so he began to investigate NASA’s plot for future lunar missions. He made observations, discoveries, and researched information and discussed it with colleagues. Mendell said, “I discovered
